Sonic Roundup 8/10

MGMT‘s James Richardson can officially cross off “being pelted by a barrage of shoes” from his bucket list. This past weekend, during a show at California’s US Open of Surfing. During a break in the set, Richardson announced “Everybody give me your left shoe right now!” Amusingly, the crowd obliged, providing a volley of sneakers and flip-flops that bounced off the stage, the band, and equipment. Seconds later, Richardson said “That was probably a bad idea.” Of course, that’s overlooking the question of how the majority of the crowd planned to survive the mosh pit with only one shoe.

The Decemberists recently popped into the AV Club’s Undercover series to play a cover of Sugar‘s “If I Can’t Change Your Mind,” only using five guitars to do it. Of course, none of this should be possible since ex-Sugar frontman Bob Mould already did the same thing, using only his electric guitar. That’s right: Bob Mould covered Bob Mould, who was in turn covered by The Decemberists. It’s like Inception, but with guitars. Or something like that. Anyway, KEXP’s got both videos below.

You’ve already heard AM & Shawn Lee‘s track “Dark Into Light” on the KEXP Song of the Day Podcast, and now you can check out the animated video, wherein the moody electronics get a vibrant and slightly epileptic visual accompaniment.